Web form hosted solution?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by brj0001, May 6, 2017.

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    Any advice for setting up a functional employment
    application form for my client. Coding it myself will
    take a lot of my time and would also require setting
    up a server side backend along with security certificate.
    Sound like a lot of work!

    Then I've researched hosted solutions like
    https://www.elbowspace.com/FRHformexample156

    The only pitfall with this type of solution is the web address
    the client sees is the web address of the web form hosting
    company (ELbowspace.com in this case).

    I could try embedding it in an iframe, but that might get messy.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated.
     
    brj0001, May 6, 2017 IP
  2. GameO.Over

    GameO.Over Active Member

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    Most hosted forms will show said company website rather than your own.

    Nothing wrong with an iframe, it's like one line of code, not messy at all.

    I love https://www.typeform.com for hosted forms, it is a unique method of data collection.

    You could also try Google forms http s://docs.google.com/forms/
     
    GameO.Over, May 6, 2017 IP
  3. kk5st

    kk5st Prominent Member

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    The more correct solution (the gods only know why the iframe was brought back from obsolescence) is to use the object element. It is more controllable and offers a cascading fail-through.

    gary
     
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    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    I would definitely not use a hosted form for this - you never know what information is being gathered by the form-provider, and I'm assuming that you would demand a lot of personal information from the applicants. There might even be rules regulating how this should be done, depending on where you are.
     
    PoPSiCLe, May 7, 2017 IP